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PETITION

Hon Wm. Spry,
Governor of Utah.

This appeal is directed to the Board of Pardons on behalf of Joseph Hillstrom, a member of the Industrial
Workers of the World, under sentence of death in the Utah Penitentiary. We have read and heard some-
thing of the case:
1st. We do not believe Joseph Hillstrom guilty of the crime for which he has been convicted.
2nd. We do not believe that he had a fair trial.
3rd We have learned that the jurors were not selected in the usual way.
4th. The defendant was practically without council when he was on trial for his life.
5th. No motive was shown for the crime of which he was convicted.
6th. The conviction was found upon the flimsiest kind of circumstantial evidence.
Believing these to be the facts, we the undersigned, demand that the death sentence in the case of Joseph
Hillstrom be set aside and clemency extended.

Name Address
Geo. Schmid 1856 Chicago Ave. Chi Ill
J. A. Smith 209 Locust St. Chi Ill
Geo. Lynagh 1030 Keystone Ave
C E Shaw 595 W. Madison St
O Matthusen 3427 W. Lamoyne St
[illegible] 1112 N. Robey
W. [Hager?] 5907 W. Chicago Bl.
John Procels 1270 Mariten Ct,
Jan Reiger 1034 Paulinor Ct
[illegible] 1038 [illegible]
Vincent [illegible] 2028 Haddon Ave
[illegible] Ingiewez 2142 Haddon Ave
Waclaus Stradius 1677 Milwaukee Ct